Piskie
BoonDog Theatre
1 August 2024 - 26 August 2024
Time: 12:00 ( 60 mins )
Venue: Cairns Lecture Theatre
Genre: Theatre, New Writing
Age: 12 and above (12+)
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'If you follow someone down a path you don't recognise, you risk not being able to find your way back.'
When Ouida was a child her father sleepwalked out of the house... never to return. Ouida suspected her imaginary friend "Burt" led him astray, but her family insisted he'd abandoned them and she must give up all notions of imaginary things. Years later, Ouida is a respected therapist debunking the irrational and fantastic... But what will you believe?
This beautiful, darkly comic story about magic versus cynicism leaves audiences charmed... and just a little bit spooked.
When Ouida was a child her father sleepwalked out of the house... never to return. Ouida suspected her imaginary friend "Burt" led him astray, but her family insisted he'd abandoned them and she must give up all notions of imaginary things. Years later, Ouida is a respected therapist debunking the irrational and fantastic... But what will you believe?
This beautiful, darkly comic story about magic versus cynicism leaves audiences charmed... and just a little bit spooked.
“A masterclass in the art of monologue” (Edinburgh Guide)
"Bewildering acting talent... an emotional tour-de-force" (Broadway Baby)
Image: Ouida Burt
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Date: 1 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £10
Date: 2 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 3 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 4 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 5 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Captioned Performance
Date: 6 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 7 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 8 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 9 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 10 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 11 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 13 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 14 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 15 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 16 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 17 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 18 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 20 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Date: 21 August 2024
Time: 12.00pm ( 60 mins)
Full: £17
Concession: £14.50
Captioned Performance